Chapter #6 Mind Control and Pellenore's Pawn
Kylie's point of view
It has only been five hours since Dorothea, Sally's Spirit Guide, had told us about how she's known the Preciosa's daughter for a long time, but it still felt like it just happened a few minutes ago. None of us talked much since she left. Instead we sat in living room, reading or watching T.V.
I looked up from the book I was reading and stared at the door. After Dorothea left, Sally went up stairs to her room and had been there since. As time slowly went by, the tension in the room grew. We were all starting to get worried about Sally. I mean I'd be surprise as she was if I heard that it was really a fire demon that set fire to a hospital where I was born in and survived without any burns on my skin or in my lungs. How could a demon like that knew Sally was destined to be a Witch if she was only a baby and from a Catholic family?
"I wonder if she's ok?" I thought as I returned to my book.
"Hey! Let go of me!"
"Sally!"
We jumped when we heard Sally scream and Danny, Sally's ghost friend, shout. Danny? What is he doing here? I thought he left.
"What's going on up there?" Garrett wondered as he climbed into his chair.
"Sounds like something entered the house." Peter said.
"That can't be it." I said. "Sally said there's a barrier around the house. Nothing can enter unless they want Sally's help. She told us herself."
"Maybe there's a flaw in the barrier." Ray said. "Lets check it out."
One by one, we left the living room and went up to the third floor. Normally we won't go up there because we weren't allow, but Sally is in danger. Once we reached the third floor, we found Danny Phantom lying on the floor, rubbing his neck and right temple.
"Ow, my head." he moaned.
"Danny?" Roland said, "What are you still doing here."
"I stayed to keep Sally company." he answered. "We were talking when my evil self appeared."
"What's going on?" Garrett called. He had to stay on the ground because of his chair. "Is Sally alright?"
"Where's Sally?" Winston asked Danny.
"She was taken to the attic." Danny said, pointing to the door at the end of the hall.
Taken to the attic? What for?
Edaurdo went over to the door and turned the knob. The door wouldn't open. He pounded and pushed against the door but it still didn't open. It was like it was lock. Or worse.
"He must've sealed the door after taking Sally." I said.
"Great."
"And I can't phase through." Danny added.
"Wait Sally's a Witch right?" Janine asked.
"Yeah, she is, so?"
"So, then she must have a Book of Shadows or some spellbooks." I said. "We could find a spell to break the seal on the door."
"If only we could get into her room." Ray said as he struggled with the door to Sally's room. "She must've locked it."
"I'll get the books."
Danny stood up and went through the door. Ray yelped in surprise as Danny's transparent hand touch his arm. A few minutes later, Danny appeared, holding a bunch of thick books in his arms.
"Here are some of her spellbooks." he said, puting them on the floor. "But I couldn't get her Book of Shadows. I think she put a spell on it or something."
"You can't touch it because it's filled with Sally's energy." Egon explained.
"What are you talking about?" Edaurdo asked.
"When you touch something, you leave a mental imprint behind. It's like a fingerprint, only different."
"And Sally's Book of Shadows must of absored a lot of her energy." Ray added. "That must be why you couldn't touch it."
"Now that we got that cleared up." Janine said. "Lets find that spell and get in to the attic."
Sally's point of view
"Hey! Let go of me!" I yelled as Dennis, or should I say Evil Danny, grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the ceiling. I heard Danny Phantom calling my name as I suddenlly turned transparent and went through the ceiling and into the attic.
I was lying in my room, thinking about what Dorothea told me when Danny came in. We talked for a few hours before I decided to go downstairs for some lemonade when 'Dennis' showed up asking of we could talk alone. When I refused, he grabbed my arm and pulled me up to the attic. Once I became solid again, I landed hard on the floor, causing dust to fly up into the air.
"Ah choo! Hey what's the big idea?" I asked as I got to my feet.
I turned to see the evil ghost in disguse press his hands against the door. Both his hands and the door glowed a bright red before returning to normal again.
Great, he sealed us in the attic.
"You don't know, do you Witch?" he asked as he turned to me.
"I know plenty, Dennis." I said. "Or should I say Danny."
He blinked. Something wasn't right about this. I expected him to be surprised, but instead he looked like he expected me to figure out what he really was.
"How long have you known?" he asked calmly.
"I've known since last night." I answered. "And I know you're in cahoots with Pellenore."
"So then you won't scream when you see my real form." he said, grinning.
I saw the sun disappear over the horzion and the sky became orange, yellow and purple. I turned to see Danny's evil twin slowly transform into his true form. The same way he did in my vision. He writhed and yelled in pain as his appearance slowly changed from human to a ghostly monster. A few minutes later, I came face to face with the evil Danny Phantom. Standing in front of me in his real form. I didn't scream or anything. I expected this. Danny dark self can only become human during the day so he could get close to me when Pellenore couldn't.
I must admit. I thought. She was smart to find someone to do her dirty work for her during the day while she's weaken. But she does't know me too well. She never saw me fight before. Defeating this creep should be a snap.
I grinned and placed my hand behind my back.
"Was that suppose to scare me?" I asked. "I'll seen scarier things then you."
"You have, huh?" he asked, showing his fangs as he grinned. "How does this make you feel?"
His hands glowed green and he fired a green beam of energy at me. I jumped to avoid the beam and transformed into my sorcery form.
Danny grinned as he watch me transform.
"So, you can tranform too." he said as I landed in the middle of the room. "But that won't protect you from me or Pellenore."
He roared as he ran towards me. I jumped, pulled a small bottle of Ghost Confindment Powder from around my wrist and quickly form a circle of it around Dark Danny, trapping him in the middle of the room. I watched from above as he pounded against the supernatural barrier.
"Hey! Let me out of here!" he demanded.
"I don't know so." I said.
Once I landed beside Dark Danny's prison. I heard a familiar incanation being said outside. I gasped as I realized what the incanation was. It was an Irish Seal Breaking Spell from one of my Wicca books. The others must be trying to break the seal Dark Danny placed on the door eariler. I turned to see the door glow white and slowly open. I watch the ghostbusters and the seventeen year old Daniel walk in and look at me, then at Dark Danny in shock.
"I was never the Damsel in Disdress kind of girl." I told them.
"Sal..."
"Sasha Snow."
"Ok, Sasha. What did you do?" Daniel asked as he walked towards the middle of the room. He was about to touch the invisible barrier when I placed a hand on his shoulder and pulled him back.
"I wouldn't touch that." I adviced.
"So, you're alright?" Winston asked.
"I'm fine." I said. "And I handled it. I've ghosts like him before."
I looked at Dark Danny as I said that. He glared at me in return.
"I should've known." he said. "Pellenore warned me about your power."
"That wasn't my power." I explained. "That is a powerful Ghost Confinment Powder, perfect for keeping ghosts like you out of my home or in a small place. You don't know what I'm capable of doing."
"Oh, but I really think I do, Sasha Snow." Dark Danny said. "You managed to figure out who I was and trapped me didn't you?"
I sensed the anger flaring in the Ghostbusters and Daniel. I gestured them to calm down and stay back before returning my attention back to the trapped ghost in front of me.
"Alright, I know you're working for Pellenore, what she's up to and who you are. But what I don't know is what all of this has to do with me."
Dark Danny chuckled. "You can't tell? You're the most powerful Witch on the island."
"You mean the only Witch on the island." I corrected.
"No, I mean most powerful. Even though you're still in training, you were able to stop lots of ghosts and ghouls that crossed your path. And Pellenore believes you'll be a threat to her plan. Since she can't get to you during the day, she gave a human form and sent me to spy on you. In return, she'll gave me my younger self."
I looked at Daniel, who rubbed his throat. I turned back to Dark Danny and frowned. Pellenore was not the type who works with someone or keeps promises. Why would she keep this promise after she kills me and take over the island?
"What's makes you think Pellenore will keep her promise after you deliver me to her?" I asked.
Dark Danny blinked and stared at me in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"I, and everyone on Spirit Isle, knows Pellenore better then you do. She's not known to be the kind of being to keep a promise. She'll destoy you before the next sun raise."
"You lie." Dark Danny snarled.
"No. I don't lie. For I know Pellenore for who and what she really is. A mad ghost who seeks to take over an island she and her brother created seven thousand years ago. And you are nothing but a pawn."
"You're liar!" he snapped. "You know that? You little spell-casting bitch!"
"Give it up, Sasha." Daniel said. "It's pointless, he has no humanity in him."
"I noticed." I said.
"So, what are we going to do with him?" Kylie asked. "We still don't have our equipment and we can't leave him alone up here."
"Actually, Kylie." Peter spoke up. "Egon and I had the temp back home send our equipment over a few weeks ago."
"That's great." Edaurdo said. "Now we can blast this Pellenore chick."
I felt an emptiness growing inside. I was use to fighting evil alone. With no one, not even my own family by my side. Now this battle is going to be different from the ones I fought. I have help from eight scientists and a half-ghost who's the son of ghost hating ghost hunters. I should feel glad that I have help to fight against Pellenore. But instead, I felt empty and lifeless. Like I was nothing but a shell. What is wrong with me? Was I suppose to go and stop Pellenore alone?
"Hey, girl, you ok?" Edaurdo asked.
I snapped out of my thoughts. "Huh? Oh, nothing. I was just...wondering if I should face her alone or let you all come with me."
"What are you talking about?" Roland asked. "What do you 'let us all come'?"
"I'm use to fighting alone. No one knew about my battles over the months."
"Wait, you mean no one, not even your family knows about the ghosts and creatures you faced?" Raymond asked.
I shook my head. "No, no one...uhhh."
I moaned as I felt lightheaded and dizzy.
"Sasha?"
"It's alright, Peter." I said, as I slowly walked to the window and leaned against the windowsill.
"Sasha, what's wrong?" Daniel asked. "Is it another vision?"
I shook my head. This wasn't a vision. It was something else. A strong negative energy force quickly spearding throughout the area. I looked out the window to see a grey mist descending upon Katcher's Trail.
"Oh no." I moaned as I slid down. "Pellenore."
"Sasha." Raymond came over and grabbed me before I hit the dusty floor. The others went to the window to see what I saw. Worry and confusion fulled the attic. The only one who remain calm was the ghost I trapped in the circle of Ghost Confinment Powder, who watched us with interest and grinned.
"It's is her." he said. "I can feel just like your little Witch friend can. Now you all doomed."
"Shut up!" Daniel shouted. "What is going on?"
"It's Pellenore." I said weakly. "She's taking over the island."
"And that's not all."
I slowly stand up, with Raymond's help and looked out the window to see what Edaurdo was talking about. The mist clear and people who lived in Katcher's Trail walking up the hill, pass the Raspberry House. I held back a gasp as I saw among the people were my parents and Daniel's family and friends.
"My Goddess." I moaned. The energy was too great. Even with the barrier around the house. It wasn't enough to block out all the of the negative energy that was leaking into the attic.
"Sasha, what's the matter?" Raymond asked.
"I can't stay up here too long." I said. "The negative energy is leaking into the room."
"But the barrier..."
"Is not enough to keep all negative energy out." I finished. "I need to get to my room."
"We'll watch green boy over there." Edaurdo said.
"We'll wait downstairs." Janine said as she went to the door.
After the others left. Edaurdo and Daniel stayed in the attic while Raymond and Roland helped me down the stairs to my bedroom. I felt a little better after we left the attic. I gave Roland my key so he can open the door. Once in my room, I collapsed onto the bed. Feeling a lot better then when I was in the attic.
"Finally, away from the energy."
"What happened up there?" Roland asked.
"Sally, err...Sasha is a Wiccan. A White Witch." Raymond explained. "She uses positive energy in her Craft and is sensitive to certian energies. The mist outside must be filled with so negative energy, she couldn't handle it."
"That's right." I said, "Worse then that. Pellenore has all of Katcher's Trail under her control."